David Levine

Jul 26, 2024 | mondaq.com | Kimberly Boberg |Elizabeth Thomas Dold |David Levine |Louis Mazawey

GG Groom Law Group More Groom Law is the nation’s preeminent benefits, retirement, and health care law firm. We built our success over decades of solving complex ERISA/employee benefits challenges in the public and private sectors, providing innovative legal solutions, value, and true partnership to our clients every step of the way.

Jul 18, 2024 | mondaq.com | David Levine |Louis Mazawey

In this alert, we briefly review the key benefits of captive insurance, the pattern of DOL exemptions for group welfare benefit captives, and the key conditions of the new proposal involving pension annuity risks. Properly structured, a captive insurance company can provide significant financial and administration benefits to a plan sponsor compared with the use of traditional group insurance policies.

Feb 20, 2024 | hvmag.com | David Levine

Back when winter was actually winter, the Hudson River regularly froze over. And people flocked to the ice for recreation, including the once-popular pursuit of ice yachting. The sport originated in Europe, but by the 1790s it had become very popular in the HV—especially around Poughkeepsie—which by the mid-1800s had become the ice yachting center of the country. These “yachts” weren’t yachts at all, but small ice boats that people used for fishing, transportation, and in this case, fun.

Feb 12, 2024 | l8r.it | David Levine

Back when winter was actually winter, the Hudson River regularly froze over. And people flocked to the ice for recreation, including the once-popular pursuit of ice yachting. The sport originated in Europe, but by the 1790s it had become very popular in the HV—especially around Poughkeepsie—which by the mid-1800s had become the ice yachting center of the country. These “yachts” weren’t yachts at all, but small ice boats that people used for fishing, transportation, and in this case, fun.

Feb 4, 2024 | yahoo.com | Jon Wertheim |Aliza Chasan |David Levine |Elizabeth Germino

A 26-year-old gambling addict, whose problem started in high school, downgraded to a flip phone — free from the apps that made betting on sports all too easy for him. In the throes of addiction, Joe Ruscillo would sink his paycheck into betting each week. He'd gamble in the middle of the night and at family functions, deleting the apps one day, reinstalling them the next. "I would place a bet on anything, anywhere, at any time," he said.